The caller explained that a friend had asked if he could leave a sealed 55-gallon drum in his garage. Later that night, on remembering the conversation he had with the friend, the caller became suspicious of its contents.

When police arrived and opened the drum, what they found began a story of sex, greed and murder.

The drum contained a body.

Malarchik had some unusual interests. One of them was the "sex club" he operated in his house. Members of the club, known as Our Retreat, would meet at the house on Friday and Saturday nights to partake in nudism and sex.

In 1980, the owner of the house decided to sell, so Malarchik rented and moved into a house along Street Rd in Southampton, Pa.

A friend from the old club, Eugene Banks, offered him $5000 and they opened a new club they called "The Woodlands". Malarchik would run the club, while they both shared in the profits.

For over a year, the club operated in Malarchik's home. It seemed to be running well, but Banks was not receiving his share of any profit. He needed money to help his son through school, but Malarchik claimed the club was not making a profit.

Banks became fed up with the partnership and wanted to get his $5000 investment back. He tried to sell his half of the partnership back to Malarchik, and to another investor, but neither one came through.

Banks swore Malarchik was holding out on him and pressed him for the return of his money. He began to think of ways to force Malarchik to give him his money. He even thought of having someone break Malarchik's thumbs as an incentive.

Then, an off-hand comment by his girlfriend gave Banks the idea he was looking for. He'd hire a "hit-man" to intimidate Malarchik into giving in.

One day, this man stopped by the factory with a friend. Banks offered the two men a deal. If they would help intimidate Malarchik into returning his money, Banks would make them 100 pounds of methamphetamines.

They accepted the offer.

Banks tried to intimidate Malarchik into returning his money, but Malarchik "got violent" and fought back. In the struggle, one of the "black men" brought out the gun and shot Malarchik in the kneecaps and chest at close range. He shot Malarchik 5 times. Then they strangled him.

They then loaded his body into the back of Banks' car.

He then drove to Delaware Co., Pa, to the home of another friend from the "sex club". He had hoped he could use the friend's boat to dump the drum in the ocean, but when the friend refused, Banks left the drum in his garage.

In the early morning hours of Sat., July 17, 1982, around 2 am, the friend got suspicious about the drum and called the police.

One of the "two black men" was identified as the shooter. He came to trial in 1985. He was also convicted of Murder in the First Degree and given a life sentence.

In 1990, he was granted a re-trial but was again convicted of first-degree murder. He was again sentenced to life in prison.

For a while, it was thought that Banks had murdered Malarchik alone and that he concocted the story of the anonymous "two black men" to throw the blame onto someone else.

Banks would later admit to perjuring himself by his attempt to change the story. He tried to convince the jury that he had hired the two "black men" to help him move furniture out of Malarchik's house. The furniture would be in lieu of his "investment". He said he arrived at the house late and the murder had already taken place by the time he arrived.

While Banks would claim through the whole trial that he only meant to "intimidate" Malarchik into returning his money, he later admitted that on the night of the murder, he went to Malarchik's home to either "get the money or kill him."

As of 2001, the second "black man" was never identified or brought to trial.

The evidence from the crime, including the drum, are still kept by the police.